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it is obama. but the reason why they don't do this is because of the color of this man's skin. >> bill: well, that's a lot of it, barbara. i repeat what i said earlier. they weren't opposed to raising the minimum wage when george w. bush was in the white house. they didn't raise it high enough but the reason it is at $7.25 today is because in 2007, george w. bush signed a bill, passed by the congress which raised the minimum wage. so it is okay for george w. bush but for some reason, not for barack obama. stuart's down in st. petersburg, florida. good morning. >> good morning, bill. i don't really see a big issue with the raising of the minimum wage. but i will let you know the bureau of labor statistics. 70% of people who make minimum wage is 25 years and younger. >> bill: okay. >> caller: now, what i heard someone say why not raise minimum wage. the thing about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, just let's say we're going to make it that much. >> bill: the president is only -- the presiden
it is obama. but the reason why they don't do this is because of the color of this man's skin. >> bill: well, that's a lot of it, barbara. i repeat what i said earlier. they weren't opposed to raising the minimum wage when george w. bush was in the white house. they didn't raise it high enough but the reason it is at $7.25 today is because in 2007, george w. bush signed a bill, passed by the congress which raised the minimum wage. so it is okay for george w. bush but for some reason, not...
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i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one that favors the democrats. >> ben, great to have you in the studio. thank so much. any time you come down to washington, you are welcome here here. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: might get you on the phone from new york. we love people in the studios. come back and see us. buzz feed.com. i will tell you what the president is up to today. busy schedule. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could u
i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one...
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obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. the parent's television council is not happy with cbs after allowing celebratory swearing from baltimore ravens quarterback joe flacco to go on the air uncensored after his super bowl win on sunday. he dropped the f bomb after another player dropped the f bomb. the ptc is calling on the fcc to punish cbs saying those words have no place on tv where children are watching and the nfl and broadcast networks have not improved their standards since janet jackson's nipple gate now nine years ago. >> bill: i must t
obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >>...
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he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama state department led by john kerry. makes a big difference >> bill: now that the president has his secretary of state in place, he is spushingpushing for his man to be the new secretary of defense. leon panetta was on "meet the press" yesterday commenting about chuck hagel's appearance last week in front of the senate foreign relations committee but first, leon defending hagel and said they weren't asking the most important questions. >> they talked a lot about post quotes. but what about when a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the
he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama...
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they want to blame it on obama -- they are holding the entire country hostage so they can deny obama a third term which makes no sense at all. >> stephanie: right. by the way he brought up if a woman is raped. not sure if he was talking about the christian mingle story. [♪ organ music ♪] -- >> stephanie: or dating game. [ dating game music ] >> it sounds a lot more bouncy for this story. >> stephanie: as jim said earlier who would jesus rape. a man accused of raping a woman he met on chris -- christiandating.com. is accused of praying on women. he is known as ryeland butterword. wow. >> stephanie: ross in new mexico you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi ross. or is it roz. >> caller: i had to come out to the barn -- >> stephanie: you have marco rubio in your throat. are you okay? >> you went out to your barn to let your goats out while you were on hold that's awesome. >> caller: i wanted to talk to you about gabby giffords being able to have a handgun. i totally agree with the caller from arizona. i love gabby, and my family prayed for her, but she has a serious brain injury
they want to blame it on obama -- they are holding the entire country hostage so they can deny obama a third term which makes no sense at all. >> stephanie: right. by the way he brought up if a woman is raped. not sure if he was talking about the christian mingle story. [♪ organ music ♪] -- >> stephanie: or dating game. [ dating game music ] >> it sounds a lot more bouncy for this story. >> stephanie: as jim said earlier who would jesus rape. a man accused of raping...
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but what is in the obama outline? >> it follows past bills where you have a period of time where people come forward, we do a background check on them and they are given work authorization, and they are protected against being deported, but they are not able yet to apply for citizenship. >> bill: so now they are able to get on the path? >> exactly. >> bill: what are the requirements to get to the end of the path. >> show you are paying taxes, you are learning english, keep your nose clean and not have a serious criminal record. you have to show you have worked a certain number of hours at the back end. >> bill: and pay a fee? >> yes of course sorry. a fee and it will probably be substantial, and there may also be a fine. >> bill: and isn't there also back taxes? >> yes that's right. >> bill: do you know how far back? >> i don't. >> bill: but the legislation hasn't been written -- >> exactly. but that will be a key requirement. >> bill: how long will they have to wait -- >> good question. >> bill: you don't have to wor
but what is in the obama outline? >> it follows past bills where you have a period of time where people come forward, we do a background check on them and they are given work authorization, and they are protected against being deported, but they are not able yet to apply for citizenship. >> bill: so now they are able to get on the path? >> exactly. >> bill: what are the requirements to get to the end of the path. >> show you are paying taxes, you are learning...
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rush limbaugh oh michelle obama at the oscars. >> yeah. >> a lot of people saying michelle obama hijacked the academy awards last night. the shock surprise being introduced at the end of the show by jack nickelson to announce the best movie. she looked like anybody would have -- don't misunderstand -- one bite can swallow that whole room, and the optics of course are what matters, and i thought of 1984 -- the macintosh ad from the super bowl in 1984 where exact type of scenario except michelle obama was actually the dear heard of this obviously totalitarian state. >> stephanie: right. just like when laura bush did it -- >> it was the title of a book by georgeorwell. >> and michelle obama didn't pound single fist. >> stephanie: all right. bill o'reilly, also on michelle obama. >> this smacks does it not of hollywood left boosterism. i want to save my case for the far-left nuts that are monitoring this segment. no nancy reagan. no barbara bush, no laura bush. but oh, there's michelle obama. hey, how are you? and it's pure propaganda play to make them glamorous. >> stephanie: yeah except lau
rush limbaugh oh michelle obama at the oscars. >> yeah. >> a lot of people saying michelle obama hijacked the academy awards last night. the shock surprise being introduced at the end of the show by jack nickelson to announce the best movie. she looked like anybody would have -- don't misunderstand -- one bite can swallow that whole room, and the optics of course are what matters, and i thought of 1984 -- the macintosh ad from the super bowl in 1984 where exact type of scenario...
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stephanie: hey steph obama rocks. as a card carrying lesbian i'm disturbed by how much in love with joe biden i am, but i've been watching him the entire time. he kills me. stephanie: i understand, i was just charmed by him in person at the inauguration. the man is charm. it's crazy. >> he's a big f.ing deal. stephanie: he is. ok. >> there's a greats picture of him in the west wing when we got a tour of the white house. stephanie: i was very well spoken as i normally an when confronted by someone very big in person. i said oh oh oh, mr. vice president, i got to testify in front of you when you were a senator about talk radio and blah blah and he was like that's right, i never forget a beautiful women. i was like drr drr. i literally said some version of that. [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] stephanie: ok, and a little back up from dawn. mama next time chris teases you about your dusty eggs insisting you'll never know the joy of sending your youngest child to buy box wine, here's hope. seventy year woman gives birth. so ther
stephanie: hey steph obama rocks. as a card carrying lesbian i'm disturbed by how much in love with joe biden i am, but i've been watching him the entire time. he kills me. stephanie: i understand, i was just charmed by him in person at the inauguration. the man is charm. it's crazy. >> he's a big f.ing deal. stephanie: he is. ok. >> there's a greats picture of him in the west wing when we got a tour of the white house. stephanie: i was very well spoken as i normally an when...
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a woman aledges she was fired for voting for president obama. the owner roberta bob gentile. >> how would you know? >> stephanie: she asked. her voting conversation came up the day after the election. she was laid off for economic reasons nothing more. >> sure. >> stephanie: the suit says she engaged in conversation aimed at discovering voting information. >> that's illegal. >> stephanie: i pronounced disparage correctly. >> you did for the first time in -- ever. [ applause ] >> stephanie: wow is this exciting. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: romney will thank his friends and supporters at cpac. all seven of them. >> i'm guessing there won't be any camera phones allowed. >> stephanie: yeah. he will thank supporters of his presidential bid. >> both of them. >> stephanie: at the -- conservative political action conference. he said i look forward to saying thank you to the many friends and supporters who helped in my campaign. >> he is going to be talking to the most conservative of the conservative. they really didn't care for h
a woman aledges she was fired for voting for president obama. the owner roberta bob gentile. >> how would you know? >> stephanie: she asked. her voting conversation came up the day after the election. she was laid off for economic reasons nothing more. >> sure. >> stephanie: the suit says she engaged in conversation aimed at discovering voting information. >> that's illegal. >> stephanie: i pronounced disparage correctly. >> you did for the first time...
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obama seems to have a problem getting enough information out. his administration. >> stephanie: i have heard people say that. but jacki always says the messages may have been the problem, but there is a lot of good stuff in there, and once it starts to kick it people will see that. it can't be said enough that we have got to keep talking about it, and explaining it. >> yeah, like the idea of death panels, the real death panels were the insurance companies. >> stephanie: right. okay. seventeen minutes after the hour, right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: there's something funny going on in talk radio. it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ irene, drop the itch. we dropped the itch, you can too. with maximum strength scalpicin®. it's not a shampoo so you can stop intense itch fast wherever you are. i dropped the itch. free yourself from embarrassing scalp itch. drop the itch with maximum strength scalpicin®. also available scalpicin® 2 in 1, itch relief plus dandruff control. current tv is the place for true stories. with awar
obama seems to have a problem getting enough information out. his administration. >> stephanie: i have heard people say that. but jacki always says the messages may have been the problem, but there is a lot of good stuff in there, and once it starts to kick it people will see that. it can't be said enough that we have got to keep talking about it, and explaining it. >> yeah, like the idea of death panels, the real death panels were the insurance companies. >> stephanie: right....
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the election of president obama through them into -- it's this obama derangement syndrome. >> i think they are running out of -- i think they are running out of political -- i think the political sail lee ens of being an obstructionist is about to happen. >> stephanie: yeah, you say he shrewdly found a way to lock republicans inside of their own monkey house while he went about trying to govern the country. >> yeah and i think he is going to get -- unfortunately, but i think it'sen ef itable that he is only going to get half a loaf on gun control, but it's half a loaf than we had before. they will certainly get background checks. >> stephanie: uh-huh. i love you called the obama presidency, it has become the world's most elaborate intervention. you say they can make a wreckage out of things in the states, but there is no political advantage to be gained from that anymore. vandalism is no longer artistic. that's exactly it they failed in their one and only goal to make him a one-term president. >> yeah, i wonder after a while if republicans really thought he had an agenda or they belie
the election of president obama through them into -- it's this obama derangement syndrome. >> i think they are running out of -- i think they are running out of political -- i think the political sail lee ens of being an obstructionist is about to happen. >> stephanie: yeah, you say he shrewdly found a way to lock republicans inside of their own monkey house while he went about trying to govern the country. >> yeah and i think he is going to get -- unfortunately, but i think...
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we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's acceptable and not acceptable. and the fact that this country is killing innocent children with drones, like it or not they're collateral damage or whatever you want to call them, killing children, that's the threshold. that's too much. that's too far. that's when you gotta stop supporting -- you know, what we're doing. >> he wasn't collateral damage. he was targeted. the 16-year-old was targeted. >> bill: assuming he was part of his father's operation but again, you know, he may have been. i think all of us are more comfortable w
we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's...
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obama is call okay congress to vote. he says this is not the first time the country has had to reduce gun violence before after the murder of 20 young people and six adults is different. one that has bi-partisan support is gun trafficking, making the trafficking al federal crime. another popular measure calls for universal background checks. but the more con tentious issues involve reinstatement of the high company entity ban. more bill is up after the break. stay with us. [ music ] going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> interesting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is "
obama is call okay congress to vote. he says this is not the first time the country has had to reduce gun violence before after the murder of 20 young people and six adults is different. one that has bi-partisan support is gun trafficking, making the trafficking al federal crime. another popular measure calls for universal background checks. but the more con tentious issues involve reinstatement of the high company entity ban. more bill is up after the break. stay with us. [ music ] going to do...
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mark erald neil munro and cohen all right guys let's get back to it i want to talk about president obama in something that the philosopher linguist professor whatever noam chomsky this is what he said about president obama just this week let's play the clip. is basically . what you said it would have been called. several decades ago a moderate republican. kind of a mainstream centrist with some concerns for. liberal ideals and conception but not much in the way of principle or commitment and i want to run down a list here quick the individual mandate obamacare originally heritage foundation idea implemented by mitt romney in massachusetts nixon came up with the employer mandate a key part of obamacare cap and trade that's a republican idea used by republicans throughout history taxes lower under obama than any democratic president in modern history at least he's expanded the war on terror corporate profits as a percentage of g.d.p. are higher than they've been since world war two and working wages he's done nothing for unions destruction of civil liberties is the president really a socia
mark erald neil munro and cohen all right guys let's get back to it i want to talk about president obama in something that the philosopher linguist professor whatever noam chomsky this is what he said about president obama just this week let's play the clip. is basically . what you said it would have been called. several decades ago a moderate republican. kind of a mainstream centrist with some concerns for. liberal ideals and conception but not much in the way of principle or commitment and i...
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is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i wonder if that was a republican -- oh, it is a republican. oh, from the south? oh really. you don't say! >> what did they do now? >> stephanie: this guy that we talked about yesterday the guy that sent the really racist homophobic tweets during the super bowl -- >> tim canon was his name. >> stephanie: yes. he defends mocking trayvon martin's death. apparently the rest of us are missing the humor in that. he said -- one of the tweets was this super bowl sucks more [ bleep ] than trayvon martin for drug money if he was alive. [ whatever! ] >> he wasn't buying drugs. he was buyin
is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i...
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>> because it has obama's name on it and republicans won't sign anything with obama's name on it. it is a real problem for the white house now. the report came out in "usa today" on sunday, i believe draft proposal. he's always had a draft proposal. he said, after he won the election that if they don't -- congress is going to act he's going to introduce his own bill. you look at the reports of the draft, they mirror closely the 2007 bill. bipartisan bill with mccain on it and kennedy and kyle. who's now not in the senate anymore from arizona. supported by george w. bush. now, it's a problem for everybody. rubio put out a statement immediately saying it is dead on arrival. all of the republicans coming out against it. so the white house is trying to backpedal a bit saying we're going to provide space for congress to do this but if they don't act, we're going to have our own bill. >> bill: i think newt is correct to this extent. it does seem that any good idea, if president obama supports it, even good ideas that republicans once proposed, if president obama embraces it, suddenly th
>> because it has obama's name on it and republicans won't sign anything with obama's name on it. it is a real problem for the white house now. the report came out in "usa today" on sunday, i believe draft proposal. he's always had a draft proposal. he said, after he won the election that if they don't -- congress is going to act he's going to introduce his own bill. you look at the reports of the draft, they mirror closely the 2007 bill. bipartisan bill with mccain on it and...
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they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night -- >> let's make it a two for one deal. >> bill: that's a $600,000 one. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that view
they do run the barack obama twitter account. which obama does tweet from still. so there is a relationship there for sure. >> bill: the truth of it is every white house every president gives special favors to major donors. they get investorships. they get invited to state dinners. they get invited to white house receptions. but there's a way of handling it that works and a way of not handling it that works. this is not the lincoln bedroom right? they're not getting to spend the night --...
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it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >> this is the bill press the show. current tv, it's been all building up to this. >>bill shares his views, now it's your turn. >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is the bill press show. live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: accew weather will join us with a full accounting of the blizzard. graham and mccain, these two have
it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >>...
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dumped on obama stabbed him in the back. they never went for anything that he proposed. john boehner then met privately with the president three different occasions three different times. they made a deal. and then john boehner came back to the house. eric cantor said oh, no, you don't, buddy. john boehner reneged on the deal. what is the purpose of meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell? nothing is going to happen. the president's put a plan out there. erskine bowles and alan simpson who now are considered the gods of budget deficit they've had the same plan out there. it's gotta be cuts, yes. and it's gotta be new revenue and the republicans are saying no cut cut cut cut cut. no closing the loopholes for oil companies or the wealthiest of americans. any meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell a freaking waste of time. 1-866-55-press. don't you think so? haven't we learned that? 1-866-55-press. i think president obama has learned it. he's not just going to have a photo op. have him down there so they look good.
dumped on obama stabbed him in the back. they never went for anything that he proposed. john boehner then met privately with the president three different occasions three different times. they made a deal. and then john boehner came back to the house. eric cantor said oh, no, you don't, buddy. john boehner reneged on the deal. what is the purpose of meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell? nothing is going to happen. the president's put a plan out there. erskine bowles and alan simpson...
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have said in the last state of the union but those are the facts ok wolf that's the fact why isn't obama out there reason that perhaps why isn't he pushing it up why he actually. told them not to or not to a level that either one of you would be happy with you have heard already before that we should push it up even higher because it is going to lead to economic boom years if you're just let me say why are they just pushed. it up higher and higher let me put it in the let me allow ronald reagan to tell you what his suggestion was it was put into law in one thousand nine hundred six and it actually helped the economy here's where. we're going to close the detention of the out some of the truly will do boy there's a. series of those who were understanding that it is they sometimes made it possible for millionaires to make a bus driver which million percent of its sound and that's crazy. and bad crazy and guess what politicians use the same one of our reasoning to argue for tax increases already or we are going the correct for increasing the you know what i am telling you is that politician
have said in the last state of the union but those are the facts ok wolf that's the fact why isn't obama out there reason that perhaps why isn't he pushing it up why he actually. told them not to or not to a level that either one of you would be happy with you have heard already before that we should push it up even higher because it is going to lead to economic boom years if you're just let me say why are they just pushed. it up higher and higher let me put it in the let me allow ronald reagan...
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we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying he is a great outstanding pick. >> he had to go up there and become a target for john mccain and ted cruz and geoff sessions and james. inhoffe. buzzfeed did something interesting. they did a word cloud about what the senators asked chuck hagel about. remember it's going to be ideally secretary of defense. they did a word cloud about what words were used the most. hagel was obviously the most used. the next one was israel. >> yes. >> we have everybody wanted to know about israel and where he stood on israel. >> he answered that in his opening statement. let's take a list
we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying...
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a lot of this is just anti-obama. >> that's all. >> they want to make -- they want to make obama look bad. they want to try to bring him down. down. you and i were chatting about this too. it is republicans are in the denial game. al gore's famous line "denial is not just a river in egypt. they are playing the denial game. they are also playing the other game, which is: this is obama's idea. he gets all of the blame. it's his sequester. so don't be mad at us. point the finger at the president. bob woodward former -- of watergate fame, of course still washington post investigative reporter and author of i don't know. 12 or more books or more about the presidency who thinks he knows more than anybody else and he has been on this program several times. he thinks he knows more than anybody else in washington, d.c. about anything. the most arrogant bastard i have ever met. he says -- no. i wrote in my book how this happened. this happened, jack lew, a meeting at the whitehouse he and ron neighbors t present liaison with congress or whatever. they laid this on harry reid and that's how it a
a lot of this is just anti-obama. >> that's all. >> they want to make -- they want to make obama look bad. they want to try to bring him down. down. you and i were chatting about this too. it is republicans are in the denial game. al gore's famous line "denial is not just a river in egypt. they are playing the denial game. they are also playing the other game, which is: this is obama's idea. he gets all of the blame. it's his sequester. so don't be mad at us. point the finger...
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are mark air old near monroe and cohen are guys let's get back to it i want to talk about president obama in something that the philosopher linguist professor whatever noam chomsky this is what he said about president obama just this week let's play the clip. he made is basically. what you said it would have been called . several decades ago a moderate republican. kind of a mainstream centrist with some concerns for. liberal ideals and conceptions but not much in the way of principle or commitment and i want to run down a list here quick the individual mandate obamacare originally a heritage foundation idea implemented by mitt romney in massachusetts nixon came up with the employer mandate a key part of obamacare cap and trade that's a republican idea used by republicans throughout history taxes lower under obama than any democratic president in modern history at least he's expanded the war on terror corporate profits as a percentage of g.d.p. are higher than they've been since world war two working wages he's done nothing for unions destruction of civil liberties is the president really
are mark air old near monroe and cohen are guys let's get back to it i want to talk about president obama in something that the philosopher linguist professor whatever noam chomsky this is what he said about president obama just this week let's play the clip. he made is basically. what you said it would have been called . several decades ago a moderate republican. kind of a mainstream centrist with some concerns for. liberal ideals and conceptions but not much in the way of principle or...
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here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: a single moment with the simplest of gestures, she helped change america and change the world. >> bill: she did indeed. >> she really did. and you know, and such a role model and a quiet heroine in so many ways. we honor her on one hand by dedicating statue in statutary hall for rosa parks. she would be 100 years old. and then just around the corner, down -- actually across the street. across the street in the united states supreme court the court is set poised perhaps to strike down the voting rights act. the section of voting rights act that really does protect the interest of so many millions of americans in you know, states that have been greatly troubled by their history on civil rights. and they're poised to strike it down. >> bill: this is an act signed into law originally by lyndon johnson. rosa parks was there standing alongside of him when he signed the voting rights act into law in 1965, remember newed by congress -- renewed by congress twice in 1982 and most recently in 2006. now, congresswoman we hear a lot about activist judges
here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: a single moment with the simplest of gestures, she helped change america and change the world. >> bill: she did indeed. >> she really did. and you know, and such a role model and a quiet heroine in so many ways. we honor her on one hand by dedicating statue in statutary hall for rosa parks. she would be 100 years old. and then just around the corner, down -- actually across the street. across the street in the united states supreme...
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and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is valid to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and you see now the pentagon just inked a deal for a smartphone that can determine your fingerprints and face the scanning details ahead. it's thursday february fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of equipment that could transform the way the military conducts its missions drones have made their way into the mainstream conversation as senators demand more transparency on the thus far secret drone campaign and as of now we have a drone bases in places like pakistan and djibouti africa as covert drone warfare becomes a critical foreign policy strategy we can expect even more of these bases to pop up but what if you didn't need to set up a base in these volatile countries that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were were put to use you're looking now at the navy's x. forty seven b. drone
and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is valid to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and you see now the pentagon just inked a deal for a smartphone that can determine your fingerprints and face the scanning details ahead. it's thursday february fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of...
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obama's going to win this easily. >> the question is why obama won by such a margin. there's been such a demographic shift in the united states. i thought it changed because of a charismatic candidate. 8 million whites stayed home in 2012. i think the republican party has to change in fundamental ways otherwise it will never win another election. >> i agree with you. you got turfed out of fox yesterday which people are interpreting as that style of republican front person. what do you say to that? is that why fox let you go? >> no. >> and what does that mean for the party, your involvement in it at all. some people will say, we don't care what he has to say. he's irrelevant now. >> the point is, that that's changes are fundamental, and we need to recognize them -- that does not mean we back off from our core principles, now that the taxes have been raised on rich people, you have a simple fight with obama. more spending against less, more debt against less. the republicans can win that fight. they have to stop victimizing latinos and women. start with the latinos. rep
obama's going to win this easily. >> the question is why obama won by such a margin. there's been such a demographic shift in the united states. i thought it changed because of a charismatic candidate. 8 million whites stayed home in 2012. i think the republican party has to change in fundamental ways otherwise it will never win another election. >> i agree with you. you got turfed out of fox yesterday which people are interpreting as that style of republican front person. what do...
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on the other, he has president obama. he's in the middle and neither side seems to be cutting him a lot of slack. >> narrator: finally, boehner concluded that the negotiations to reach a grand bargain with the white house were going nowhere. >> when i gave the presiy bottom line, it was my bottom line. and the white house response was, "well, we don't think we're going to get anywhere. it's a waste of time." at that point i had no choice but to go to some other plan. >> narrator: the president's team doesn't remember it that way. >> we were disappointed, but we were also puzzled that, once again, we were this close to an agreement, and then inexplicably, the speaker decided to leave the negotiating table and try a different strategy. >> growing concerns over how the u.s. markets will react... >> economists have warned that going over the cliff would cause a spike in unemployment... >> narrator: boehner reverted to what he called "plan b." >> house speaker john boehner embraced what he called a plan b tuesday... >> plan b
on the other, he has president obama. he's in the middle and neither side seems to be cutting him a lot of slack. >> narrator: finally, boehner concluded that the negotiations to reach a grand bargain with the white house were going nowhere. >> when i gave the presiy bottom line, it was my bottom line. and the white house response was, "well, we don't think we're going to get anywhere. it's a waste of time." at that point i had no choice but to go to some other plan....
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seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. will bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security whistleblowers and that actually relates to something larger which are which is another theme of the book you know it's easy to admire whistleblowers when they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what i hear. ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for vari
seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. will bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security...
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him to put a first two it's interesting to watch how the democratic party and supporters of president obama have been split apart by the release of his policies and legal rationales for killing american citizens among others drones without the due process protections of the right to a trial by jury of your peers guaranteed in the constitution on one side and those who argue that we're at war and therefore americans have joined the others saw it are now enemy combatants and should be treated like any other dangerous enemy during time of war they should be killed this is the george w. bush argument and the strength of it is the memory of nine eleven and the enduring belief in the minds of many americans that nine eleven was an act of war in and of itself a modern day pearl harbor and therefore we're justified in pursuing that war until the enemy is either dead or surrenders the first weaknesses. that argument however is that our constitution and law that we've signed on to through numerous un and other treaties very clearly describes what a war is and what it isn't and how it's different from
him to put a first two it's interesting to watch how the democratic party and supporters of president obama have been split apart by the release of his policies and legal rationales for killing american citizens among others drones without the due process protections of the right to a trial by jury of your peers guaranteed in the constitution on one side and those who argue that we're at war and therefore americans have joined the others saw it are now enemy combatants and should be treated...
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warfare program was unleashed all across the planet our defense budget tripled under bush and then obama we now spend upwards of a trillion dollars every year to maintain this deal with the devil of war we have between seven hundred and one thousand military bases of all sizes and purposes on the planet they include massive installments like force base in afghanistan and small secret facilities in africa used primarily to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four percent of all federal income tax revenue that means almost every single dollar that you and i and everyone else in this country pay income taxes goes to supporting this massive military empire not education not health care not infrastructure but instead war and in return the billionaire. classes profited immensely with oil and shipping lanes wide open in favorable business deals in foreign markets but within the united states is rotting and this faustine deal is sunsetting we learned last week that the american economy contracted by point one percent in the fourth quarter despite the fact that overall c
warfare program was unleashed all across the planet our defense budget tripled under bush and then obama we now spend upwards of a trillion dollars every year to maintain this deal with the devil of war we have between seven hundred and one thousand military bases of all sizes and purposes on the planet they include massive installments like force base in afghanistan and small secret facilities in africa used primarily to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four...
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plus we're learning more and more about president obama's secret drone program including mental health problems among some drone pilots and a growing demand for accountability from elected officials. it's monday february twenty fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez you're watching our t. let's get straight to the stories we begin this afternoon with a story that's been told since the beginning of time one person fighting for what they think is right even willing to take on an entire system if need be seventy five year old vernon hugh goldman is a going head to head with biotech giant monsanto over alleged patent infringement on old soybean seeds he used on his farm located in sanborn indiana right there at the bottom of the mouth monsanto has a policy that prohibits farmers from saving and reusing cvs from one year to the next year bowman says that that policy is in and of itself seedy but it looks like the supreme court may just side with monsanto archie correspondent liz wahl digs up the latest information on this case. it's a case of david versus goliath i don't know th
plus we're learning more and more about president obama's secret drone program including mental health problems among some drone pilots and a growing demand for accountability from elected officials. it's monday february twenty fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez you're watching our t. let's get straight to the stories we begin this afternoon with a story that's been told since the beginning of time one person fighting for what they think is right even willing to take on an...
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warfare program was unleashed all across the planet our defense budget tripled under bush and then obama we now spend upwards of a trillion dollars every year to maintain this deal with the devil of war we have between seven hundred and one thousand military bases of all sizes and purposes on the planet they include massive installments like for space in afghanistan and small secret facilities in africa used primarily to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four percent of all federal income tax revenue that means almost every single dollar that you and i and everyone else in this country pay income taxes goes to supporting this massive military empire not education not health care not infrastructure but instead war and in return the billionaire class has profited immensely with oil and shipping lanes wide open in favorable business deals in foreign markets but within the united states is rotting and this faustine deal is sunsetting we learned last week that the american economy contracted by point one percent in the fourth quarter despite the fact that overall c
warfare program was unleashed all across the planet our defense budget tripled under bush and then obama we now spend upwards of a trillion dollars every year to maintain this deal with the devil of war we have between seven hundred and one thousand military bases of all sizes and purposes on the planet they include massive installments like for space in afghanistan and small secret facilities in africa used primarily to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four percent...
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he became the obama deputy chief of staff for 2009 and went on to become the manager of the obama reelection campaign in 2012. she worked with governor romney where she then served as his chief of staff and was a top adviser for the romney campaign. ms. myers is one of the inaugural fellows. in 2008, she served as a battleground state erector for the obama campaign. matt rhoades has been a lead strategist for the republican national committee. he was a research analyst in the 2000 elections. he was the director of research for the 2004 bush campaign. he was the campaign manager for romney. stuart stephens has gone on to elect more governors than any other current republican media consultant. he has also worked on campaigns overseas. he was involved in that media image for romney in 2008 and was a senior strategist for the presidential campaign in 2012. finally, our moderator for tonight is mr. chuck todd. he has experience as an editor and is an on-air political analyst. he is the current role of the chief white house correspondent for nbc. the panel will cover the 2012 election and campaign
he became the obama deputy chief of staff for 2009 and went on to become the manager of the obama reelection campaign in 2012. she worked with governor romney where she then served as his chief of staff and was a top adviser for the romney campaign. ms. myers is one of the inaugural fellows. in 2008, she served as a battleground state erector for the obama campaign. matt rhoades has been a lead strategist for the republican national committee. he was a research analyst in the 2000 elections. he...
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the popular vote barack obama won pennsylvania in two thousand and twelve and won all of that state's twenty electoral college votes but it is new republican vote rigging scheme he would only receive twelve votes and mitt romney would have received eight votes it's a blatantly political move to help republicans win the white house in two thousand and sixteen and here's the thing this is a plan being pushed by crazies in the state the top republican in the senate the top republican in the house and ben survey his republican governor tom corbett all support this plan to rig the electoral college joining me now for more on what this means and whether or not other states will follow is brad friedman editor and publisher of the brad blog dot com hey brad. good to talk to you it's always great to have you with us here from using corporate voting machines to voter restrictions to voter suppression idea laws to now raiding the electoral college does this seem to you like you know one party is a lot more eager to attack democracy than another party. there's no question about it you know some p
the popular vote barack obama won pennsylvania in two thousand and twelve and won all of that state's twenty electoral college votes but it is new republican vote rigging scheme he would only receive twelve votes and mitt romney would have received eight votes it's a blatantly political move to help republicans win the white house in two thousand and sixteen and here's the thing this is a plan being pushed by crazies in the state the top republican in the senate the top republican in the house...
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you need to know this three days until we hit the sequester and once again president obama is making his case for a balanced approach to avoid the eighty five billion dollars in automatic spending cuts coming down the pike here he was at a manufacturing plant today in virginia. there are too many. republicans in congress right now refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks all we're asking is that they close loopholes for the well off the well connected for for hedge fund managers or all companies or corporate jet owners who were all doing very well and don't need these tax loopholes so we're going to void laying off workers or kicking kids off head start or reducing financial aid for college students i don't think that's too much to ask i do not think that is partisan the majority of the american people agree with me the majority of newport news agrees with me we need to get this done to press the issue the white house released a state by state breakdown of the sequester cuts would impact each state so washington post rep
you need to know this three days until we hit the sequester and once again president obama is making his case for a balanced approach to avoid the eighty five billion dollars in automatic spending cuts coming down the pike here he was at a manufacturing plant today in virginia. there are too many. republicans in congress right now refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks all we're asking is that they close loopholes for the well...
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. >> maybe he could teach obama a thing or two about dealing with evil. like all americans we want our kids safe in school, but remember, kids sometimes need to be kids especially on the playground. i guess if i was a kid today i'd be arrested. that's all the time we have left this evening, as always, thank you for being with us, let not your heart be troubled. the news continues, greta is standing by next to go on the record and we'll see you here tomorrow night. greta. take it away. >> greta: tonight, drone-gate is heating up in washington, rush limbaugh is already on fire. >> this is from nbc news, a confidential justice department memo concludes that the united states government, ie, president obama, can order the killing of american citizens, if they are believed to be senior operation leaders of al-qaeda or associated force, even if there isn't any intelligence indicating that they're engaged in an active plot to attack the united states. that's casting a really wide net because it almost sounds like he won't even have to be a senior operational lea
. >> maybe he could teach obama a thing or two about dealing with evil. like all americans we want our kids safe in school, but remember, kids sometimes need to be kids especially on the playground. i guess if i was a kid today i'd be arrested. that's all the time we have left this evening, as always, thank you for being with us, let not your heart be troubled. the news continues, greta is standing by next to go on the record and we'll see you here tomorrow night. greta. take it away....
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while the debate over targeted assassinations of americans is centered around the obama presidency in reality this is a debate that should have been going on for the past few decades so how far back do our government's assassination programs really go also all of a sudden voting rights cases are flooding the chambers of the supreme court will these cases provide a boost to the voting rights of american citizens or give billionaires even more power in our corrupt election system and later in the show is a your take my take live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live on the air. you know this in his state of the union address the president made this promise about working with congress to bring more transparency to his drone targeting program abroad which has already claimed the lives of american citizens. recognize that you know our democracy no one should just take my word for the we're doing things the right way so in the months ahead i will continue to engage congress to ensure not only there are targeting detention and prosecution of terrorists rema
while the debate over targeted assassinations of americans is centered around the obama presidency in reality this is a debate that should have been going on for the past few decades so how far back do our government's assassination programs really go also all of a sudden voting rights cases are flooding the chambers of the supreme court will these cases provide a boost to the voting rights of american citizens or give billionaires even more power in our corrupt election system and later in the...